In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the credentials of a process that wants to create a ptrace relationship, which allows local users to obtain root access by leveraging certain scenarios with a parent-child process relationship, where a parent drops privileges and calls execve (potentially allowing control by an attacker). One contributing factor is an object lifetime issue (which can also cause a panic). Another contributing factor is incorrect marking of a ptrace relationship as privileged, which is exploitable through (for example) Polkit's pkexec helper with PTRACE_TRACEME. NOTE: SELinux deny_ptrace might be a usable workaround in some environments.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2019-07-17T12:32:55
Updated: 2024-08-04T23:49:24.327Z
Reserved: 2019-07-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-13272
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-07-17T13:15:10.687
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:24:35.753
Link: CVE-2019-13272
Redhat